| Latin American Vanguards: The Art of Contentious Encounters Contributor(s): Unruh, Vicky (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520087941 ISBN-13: 9780520087941 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1994 Annotation: "[This book] will become the standard reference on the Latin American vanguard. The time was ripe for an ambitious undertaking like this one, and Unruh does not disappoint."--Gustavo Perez-Firmat, Duke University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 860.998 |
| LCCN: 93042216 |
| Series: Latin American Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.9" W x 8.97" (1.05 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this first comprehensive study of Latin America's literary vanguards of the 1920s and 1930s, Vicky Unruh explores the movement's provocative and polemic nature. Latin American vanguardism-a precursor to the widely acclaimed work of contemporary Latin American writers-was stimulated by the European avant-garde movements of the World War I era. But as Unruh's wide-ranging study attests, the vanguards of Latin America-emerging from the continent's own historical circumstances-developed a very distinct character and voice. Through manifestos, experimental texts, and ribald public performance, the vanguardists' work intertwined art, culture, and the politics of the day to produce a powerful brand of aesthetic activism, one that sparked an entire rethinking of the meaning of art and culture throughout Latin America. |